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Taxon:  Morus alba L.



Summary
Genus:
Morus
Family:
Moraceae
Tribe:
Moreae
Nomen number:
24607
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:986. 1753
Verified:
03/03/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Morus alba L. f. alba
Morus alba L. var. alba

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Morus alba L. f. tatarica Ser.
Morus alba L. var. constantinopolitana Loudon
Morus alba L. var. multicaulis (Perr.) Loudon
Morus atropurpurea Roxb.
Morus multicaulis Perr.
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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
Russian mulberry –
silkworm mulberry –
white mulberry –
Afrikaans
gewone moerbei –
witmoerbei –
French
mûrier blanc –
German
weißer Maulbeerbaum –
Japanese Rōmaji
kuwa –
Portuguese
amoreira-branca –
Spanish
mora –
moral blanco –
morera blanca –
Swedish
vitt mullbär –
Transcribed Chinese
sang –
Transliterated Russian
šelkovica belaja –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChina c. & n.
2Cultivated    widely cult. in temperate regions
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaBorneo  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaJawa 
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaLesser Sunda Islands 
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaMaluku 
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaSulawesi 
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalPapuasiaNew Guinea  
4NaturalizedEurope Europe s.
4NaturalizedNorthern America United States  
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaOntario 
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii 
4NaturalizedSouthern America South America s.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China (c. & n.)
Cultivated (widely cult. in temperate regions)
Naturalized
Africa
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
  • PAPUASIA: New Guinea
  • MALESIA: Borneo, Indonesia [Sulawesi, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku], Philippines
Europe
  • REGION: Europe (s.)
Northern America
  • EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Ontario]
  • REGION: United States
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
  • REGION: South America (s.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
Environmentalrevegetator Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
Environmentalrevegetator Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
Environmentalrevegetator Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Invertebrate foodsilkworms Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, ed. 2.
Invertebrate foodsilkworms Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
Invertebrate foodsilkworms Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Medicinesfolklore Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):362.
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Weedpotential seed contaminant Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Weedpotential seed contaminant Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12
Weedpotential seed contaminant Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils (unpublished draft)
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=24607. Accessed 24 May 2025.